REMASTERED CLIP (1998 Shirley Bassey Viva Diva TV Special)

Shirley performs an abbreviated version of two Andrew Lloyd Webber songs originally written for the musical, " SUNSET BOULEVARD". Shirley has always loved to record and perform songs like these, and she gives both the rich melodic timber and beautiful vocal treatment they deserve.

ABOUT The Musical, Sunset Boulevard:
Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the fabled Los Angeles street. When young screenwriter Joe Gillis accidentally crosses her path, she sees in him an opportunity to make her comeback to the big screen. Romance and tragedy follow.

LYRICS: With One Look:
With on look
I can break your heart
With one look
I play every part
I can make your sad heart sing
With one look you'll know
All you need to know.

With one smile
I'm the girl next door
Or the love that you've hungered for
When I speak it's with my soul
I can play any role

No words can tell
The stories my eyes tell
Watch me when I frown
You can't write that down
You know I'm right
It's there in black and white
When I look your way
You'll hear what I say.

Yes, with one look
I put words to shame
Just one look
Sets the screen aflame
Silent music starts to play
One tear from my eye
Makes the whole world cry.

With one look
They'll forgive the past
They'll rejoice: I've returned at last
To my people in the dark
Still out there in the dark...

Silent music starts to play
With one look you'll know
All you need to know.

With one look
I'll ignite a blaze
I'll return to my glory days
They'll say Shirley's back at last.

This time I'm staying
I'm staying for good
I'll be back
Where I was born to be
With one look
I'll be me...


LYRICS - As If We Never Said Goodbye:
I don't know why I'm frightened
I know my way around here
The cardboard trees, the painted seas, the sound here...
Yes, a world to rediscover
But I 'm not in any hurry
And I need a moment

The whispered conversations in overcrowded hallways
The atmosphere as thrilling here as always
Feel the early morning madness
Feel the magic in the making
Yes, everything's as if we never said goodbye

I don't want to be alone
That's all in the past
This world's waited long enough
I've come home at last!


And this time will be bigger
And brighter than we knew it
So watch me fly, we all know I can do it...
Could I stop my hand from shaking?
Has there ever been a moment
With so much to live for?

I'm coming out of make-up
The lights already burning
Not long until the cameras will start turning...
We'll have early morning madness
We'll have magic in the making
Yes, everything's as if we never said goodbye

Yes, everything's as if we never said.....
Goodbye!

NOTE: Shirley's version of these two songs do not include all the lyrics as originally written for the Musical. Some of the lyrics were taken out to reduce the song times so they could be included as two tracks on her 1993 studio album. Shirley sings the songs using the same lyrics as her studio recordings.

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